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COMMISSION WORKSHEET
MATH 012

1) John is selling sets of knives and makes a 10% commission on all sales. What would his
commission be on the sale of a $3250 set of knives?

2) A real estate agent earned a commission of $6875 for selling a house. If his rate is 2.5%, find the
selling price of the house.

3) A salesperson made $890.50 selling $6850 worth of electronic equipment. Find the commission
rate.

4) Another real estate agent sold a house for $315,000 last week. If her commission is 1.25% of the
selling price of the home, find the amount of her commission.
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5) Roberta makes $9 an hour plus a 12.5% commission selling jewelry. How much does she earn on
an 8 hour shift in which she sells $380 worth of jewelry?

6) Kevin works as a salesperson at a store that specializes in custom made computers. He earns a
base pay of $325 per week and a commission on his sales. If Kevin earned a total of $1125 last
week, how much of it was commission?

7) Danielle sells beauty supplies and earns a base salary of $450 per week plus a 9% commission on
sales. During one particular week, she sells $895 worth of beauty supplies.

a) How much commission does she make for that week?

b) How much total money does she earn before taxes that week?
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Commission

Example 1: The Stettnisch family's house was sold for $300,000. How much money
will they have after they pay their real estate agent a 5% commission?

Analysis: Commission is paid to an employee or company as an incentive to sell more. A

commission is generally a percentage of sales. The real estate agent was hired by the Stettnisch
family to sell their house for a 5% sales commission.

Solution: ($300,000)*(0.05) = $15,000 and $300,000 - $15,000 = $285,000

Answer: The Stettnisch family will have $285,000.00 after they pay their real estate agent.

A commission may be paid in addition to a salary or in lieu of a salary. However, in this lesson we
will compute straight commission only. Let's look at some more examples of straight commission.

Example 2: A stock broker receives a commission of 11% for selling annuities to her
clients. If she sells $50,000 in annuities, how much commission will she earn?

Solution: ($50000)*(.11) = $5,500

Answer: The stock broker will earn $5,500.00.

Example 3: The Jones family purchases $350,000 in life insurance from

an insurance broker. How much will they pay the insurance broker if she charges a 0.5%
commission?

Solution: ($350000)*(0.005) = $1,750.

Answer: The Jones family will pay their insurance broker a commission of $1,750.00.
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Example 4: A car salesman earns a 3% commission on sales. If he sells a car for

$27,990, how much commission will he earn?

Solution: ($27,990)*(0.03) = $839.70

Answer: The car salesman will earn a commission of $839.70.